Spies Air Doubts on Iran's A-Bomb-- No New Sanctions [View All]

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link: http://www.nysun.com/article/67420?page_no=2

WASHINGTON — In a surprising break from past statements by President Bush, a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran concludes that the Islamic Republic's enrichment of uranium has long been unrelated to a nuclear weapons program.

The new report finds that Iran's nuclear weapons program halted in the fall of 2003 and that its suspension suggests the mullahs are more open to international pressure than previously believed. The prior estimate from the intelligence community concluded that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapon. As recently as September, the president warned against Iran acquiring an atomic bomb, predicting it would set off World War III.

The finding from Washington is already having ripple effects for America's diplomatic efforts to gin up a third U.N. Security Council resolution sanctioning Iran's declared uranium enrichment work at Natanz.

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A former aide to Mr. Bolton, David Wurmser, an Iran specialist who left Vice President Cheney's office in September, said the assessment would make it nearly impossible to get a third U.N. Security Council resolution against Iran.

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Sanctions won't go further since this came out. We now all know what we thought we knew, we were being sold a bunch of shit. Kucinich was right, we're watching war crimes in action and dickie has got to go. All that shit chimpy spewed, WWIII for chistsakes, based on lies, and he knew it. Impeachment? What I wonder is, does this put a lid on a possible attack? And, is it further evidence that dickie may be weakened?